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A8 news
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Reputed gang leader gets
$70,000 for SoE arrest
DEREK ACHONG
A reputed Laventille
gang leader was yester-
day awarded $70,000
in compensation for
the week he spent in
police custody while
being investigated
for an alleged plot to
assassinate former
prime minister Kamla
Persad-Bissessar and
some of her Cabinet
ministers in 2011.
Delivering a 33-page
judgement in the Port-
of-Spain High Court yes-
terday, Justice Vasheist
Kokaram ruled that An-
ton "Boombay" Boney, of
John John, Laventille, was
falsely imprisoned by po-
lice investigating the plot.
Kokaram ruled that
while police had the right
to detain Boney for 24
hours as they had suspi-
cion that he may commit
acts which were likely to
endanger public safety,
they could not justify the
need to hold him in cus-
tody for five days without
charging him.
"The only excuse prof-
fered by Deputy Commis-
sioner of Police (DCP)
Mervyn Richardson was
that the detention was
necessary as the police
had 'other persons to in-
terview'
. I would imagine
that for the police to rely
on such an excuse, would
leave many languishing at
the police's leisure," Ko-
karam said.
While Kokaram noted
that Parliament had a
right to infringe of cit-
izens' constitutional
rights in the interest of
national security during
the 2011 State of Emer-
gency (SoE) by passing
regulations which al-
lowed police to arrest
people on mere suspi-
cion without evidence,
he said the court was still
open to review a person's
protracted detention.
Boney was initially
seeking almost $500,000
in compensation for his
detention as he claimed
that his reputation was
damaged by being linked
to a terrorist plot.
Boney had alleged that
police had leaked infor-
mation to the media al-
leging that terrorist prop-
aganda material had been
found in his home when
he was arrested on No-
vember 29, 2011.
"In my view Boney's
claim for an award of
$500,000 is unreal, ex-
aggerated and out of all
proportions to the cir-
cumstances of this case
and other comparable
cases," Kokaram stated.
He said that Boney had
not claimed that he had
been mistreated by police
while in custody.
As part of the judgment
Kokaram ordered that the
State pay $18,000 in legal
costs incurred by Boney
in bringing the lawsuit.
Kokaram's decision
may have a ripple effect
on similar cases filed by
some of Boney's fellow
detainees, arrested in
the plot investigation,
who sued the State after
they were released with-
out charge.
Those who did not file
lawsuits, cannot now take
action based on Boney's
legal victory as the four
year limitation period for
filing civil lawsuits has al-
ready elapsed.
Boney, who has been
on remand since being
charged with conspiring
to murder and attempted
murder of another person
in 2014, was brought to
court for the hearing.
He is also facing charg-
es for being a gang leader.
Dressed in Islamic garb,
Boney sat quietly in the
prisoner's enclosure of
the court as the judge-
ment was being read.
Boney was represented
by Lee Merry and Kelston
Pope. Coreen Findlay, Ra-
chael Thurab and Laura
Persad represented the
Office of the Attorney
General.
Although victim refused to testify at trial
Man found guilty of 5 sex charges
SHARLENE RAMPERSAD
sharlene.rampersad@guardian.co.tt
A Mayaro father accused
of five sexual assault charges
against his teenaged daugh-
ter was found guilty by a High
Court jury yesterday even
though the victim refused to
testify.
The 50-year-old man will be
sentenced following a probation
officer's report on June 2.
The man, who will not be iden-
tified to protect his daughter,
was charged in April, 2008. He
was accused of grievously sex-
ually assaulting the child, then
15-years-old, while she was sit-
ting on the couch and watching
television at their Mayaro home.
The man's other three daugh-
ters were at home and asleep at
the time. The children's moth-
er did not live with them at that
time and the victim was the eld-
est child.
The second charge is that
in August 2008, he grievously
sexually assaulted the child again
and that he attempted to com-
mit incest by trying to penetrate
her knowing her to be his blood
relative. At that time, she was at
the house alone and the incidents
took place on her bed.
He was also charged that in
September 2009 and again in
October 2009, he indecently as-
saulted the child. Those two in-
cidents also took place on her bed
while her siblings were asleep.
The trial against him began
in the San Fernando High Court
before Justice David Harris on
April 4, 2017. The State was
represented by attorneys Sab-
rina Dougdeen-Jaglal and Sarah
De Silva while attorney Ramesh
Deena appeared for the accused.
During the trial, the victim,
now 24 years old was deemed a
hostile witness as she refused to
answer any questions posed to
her by the prosecution.
Her testimony from the pre-
liminary enquiry and her state-
ment to the police were read to
the jury.
WPC Toussaint and the girl's
mother were the only two other
witnesses called to testify in the
matter.
The jury took a little over two
hours before returning with
guilty verdicts on all five charges.
Justice Vasheist
Kokaram
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